Exogenous hydrogen sulfide protects against hepatic ischemia/reperfusion injury by inhibiting endoplasmic reticulum stress and cell apoptosis.

Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine
Liang ChenTiansheng Cao

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to explore the effect of exogenous hydrogen sulphide (H2S) on endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress (ERS) in a rat model of hepatic ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. A total of 48 Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into four groups (n=12/group) as follows: Sham, I/R, I/R preceded by NaHS (I/R-NaHS) and I/R preceded by L-C-propargylglycine (PAG), a H2S inhibitor (I/R-PAG). With the exception of the sham group, the rats in the other groups were subjected to 30 min hepatic warm ischemia followed by reperfusion for 6 or 12 h. Hepatic function was evaluated by serum concentrations of alanine aminotransferase (ALT). Apoptosis of hepatic cells was assessed by TUNEL staining and measurement of caspase-12 expression. The expression levels of ERS-associated proteins and mRNAs of pancreatic ER eukaryotic translation initiation factor-2a kinase (PERK), activating transcription factor-6 (ATF6), glucose-regulated protein (GRP) 78, TNF-receptor-associated factor (TRAF)-2, C/EBP homologous protein (CHOP) and caspase-12 were also measured by western blotting and reverse transcription-quantitative PCR. The serum concentrations of ALT in the I/R and I/R-PAG groups were found to be significantly higher compared...Continue Reading

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